Marked and unmarked police cars this morning descended on a busy Stoke-on-Trent street.

At around 9.55am today (January 3) Staffordshire Police blocked part of Leek Road, Joiner's Square, after pulling over a car outside a row of houses.

Officers blocked off the road with unmarked cars stopping traffic. They left the scene around 10.05am.

One eyewitness told StokeonTrentLive: "I saw a vehicle heading over the roundabout going from Joiners Square to the direction of Stoke.

"A police car behind lit up the lights as the car crossed and was quickly joined by another. When I looked across they had pulled the car up outside some terrace houses, one police car behind and one had pulled in front to make sure it didn’t go further.

"I then saw at least three police cars heading down Lichfield Street all with their lights on. There was also an unmarked car."